Brian Falkenborg

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Brian Falkenborg
position=Relief pitcher
team=San Diego Padres
number=39
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|1|18
birthplace=city-state|Newport Beach|California
debutdate=October 1
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
statyear=August 13, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=3-4
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.82
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=52
teams=
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1999)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2004)
*San Diego Padres (by|2005)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|2006-by|2007)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2008)
*San Diego Padres (by|2008)

Brian Thomas Falkenborg (born January 18, 1978 in Newport Beach, California) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres.

Falkenborg graduated from Redmond High School. He was 6-2 with a 0.75 ERA and 75 strikeouts as a senior at Redmond. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round of the mlby|1996 MLB Draft and signed with the Orioles on July 6, 1996.

He began his professional career with the GCL Orioles in the Rookie level Gulf Coast League in 1996. He also pitched in one game for the Single-A High Desert Mavericks that season.

Falkenborg Spent most of mlby|1997 with the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds, mlby|1998 with the High-A Frederick Keys and mlby|1999 with the Double-A Bowie Baysox.

He made his major league debut for the Orioles on October 1, 1999, pitching two scoreless innings of relief against the Boston Red Sox.

He underwent Tommy John Surgery in the off-season and missed the entire mlby|2000 season. Falkenborg was signed as a free agent by the Seattle Mariners and spent the mlby|2001 season with the Mariners minor league affiliates at San Antonio and Tacoma. He stayed with Tacoma through the mlby|2003 season, despite battling an assortment of injuries that led to him spending significant time on the disabled list.

Falkenborg signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the mlby|2004 season, but spent most of the year with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, appearing in only six major league games for the Dodgers, working 14.1 innings and finishing with a 7.53 ERA. He did record his first major league victory on May 9, 2004, in a 14 inning game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He spent the mlby|2005 season with the San Diego Padres organization, appearing in 10 games for the Padres, and finishing with a 8.18 ERA. The bulk of his season was spent with the Triple-A Portland Beavers.

Falkenborg pitched in 21 games for the St. Louis Cardinals between mlby|2006 and mlby|2007, though again spending most of those seasons in the minors with the Memphis Redbirds. He was released by the Cardinals on November 20, 2007, and on December 12, 2007, signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Dodgers. He failed to make the Dodgers roster out of spring training and was assigned to the Las Vegas 51s, eventually joining the Dodgers major league roster on June 25. He was designated for assignment on August 8. He was claimed off outright waivers by the San Diego Padres on August 13.

External links

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